ellychnium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ellychnĭum, ii, n., = ἐλλύχνιον,

a lamp-wick , Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 84; 28, 11, 47, § 168; Vitr. 8, 1; Stat. S. 4, 9, 29.